Thornton police took a 28-year-old man into custody Tuesday after evacuating the city pool and recreation center for bomb threats.
Both the Thornton City Pool, 2141 E. 95th Ave., and the Margaret W. Carpenter Recreation Center, 11151 Colorado Blvd., were evacuated “as a precaution” at about 2:30 p.m., .
Explosives-detecting dogs from RTD Transit Police, Commerce City officers, Adams County sheriff’s deputies, Douglas County sheriff’s deputies and the U.S. Marshals Service joined Thornton officers to search both facilities, police said. Nothing suspicious was found.
Both locations were cleared shortly before 5 p.m. Tuesday. The centers were closed for the rest of the day and will reopen Wednesday.
The 28-year-old man was identified as a suspect and questioned shortly after calls were made to the two Thornton facilities, where the caller said he was “making a bomb threat,” according to an evening update from the Thornton Police Department. Police arrested the suspect at about 6 p.m. on suspicion of false reporting of explosives, roughly four hours after the first threat was made, .
As of Tuesday evening, officials were in contact with Federal Heights police to determine if the incident is linked to a threat received at Water World on July 11. The water park was evacuated, but “no credible threat” was found.
This is an ongoing story and will be updated.
